n a spate of orders today arising from three separate lawsuits, Aquilina said Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr must take no further actions that threaten to diminish the pension benefits of City of Detroit retirees.“I have some very serious concerns because there was this rush to bankruptcy court that didn’t have to occur and shouldn’t have occurred,” Aquilina said.
“Plaintiffs shouldn’t have been blindsided,” and “this process shouldn’t have been ignored.”

But for all the talk of Detroit’s revival aspirations, this week’s numbers are sobering. The population decline is a jolt to the city’s self-image. And if people never return, it’s unclear what will happen to Detroit’s nearly 140 square miles — enough to fit Boston, San Francisco and Manhattan with room to spare — that now lie largely vacant. The city, like businesses and governments across America caught in decline, will have to reinvent itself as something smaller. —By Steven Gray

The republican leadership will sell the assets to the highest bidders.
The emergency manager has no accountability to the voters.
It will be interesting to see how this form of "unrepresentative" government works in Michigan.

The republican leadership will sell the assets to the highest bidders.
The emergency manager has no accountability to the voters.
It will be interesting to see how this form of "unrepresentative" government works in Michigan.

I wonder why the US government is not in financial decline secondary to decades of widespread corruption...oh wait.

Remember that Clinton left the job with a surplus. Obama has reined in the GOP excesses a bit and has trimmed the deficit that he inherited quite a bit in spite of the lack of cooperation from some who could.

Remember that Clinton left the job with a surplus. Obama has reined in the GOP excesses a bit and has trimmed the deficit that he inherited quite a bit in spite of the lack of cooperation from some who could.

That's not possible, Clinton is a flaming liberal. Any surplus he got credit for MUST have been the result of the well thought out policies of the conservative lawmakers in congress.